The WildelingsLisa Harding1stLabel: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCDescription: ‘A shiver-inducing delight’ LAUREN GRODSTEIN‘A dark and thrilling fable’ DOMINIC WEST‘A campus novel with a twist’ ROISÍN O'DONNELL‘Gloriously entertaining’ OBSERVER‘I adored it’ HEATHER DARWENT‘I was hooked from the very start’ RACHEL JOYCE‘Deliciously dark’ IRISH TIMESA girl so desperate to belong that she lets herself be remade…Jessica and Linda have been inseparable since childhood. At Wilde an elite Dublin university they arrive determined to remake themselves.Jessica her fierce ambition set on the theatre is used to leading. Linda more fragile follows. But when they meet Mark an older student with a magnetic presence the balance between them begins to shift.Linda becomes Mark’s girlfriend then his project. Jessica becomes his actress her ambition pulling her deeper into his orbit. Under Mark’s influence reshaped by his attention old loyalties between the girls begin to fracture.By the end of that year under the sway of his influence a line is crossed that leads to devastating consequences.A compulsive and gripping story about exploitation and control toxic female friendship desire and shame The Wildelings is your next dark academia obsession.
